Sheriffmuir


Sheriffmuir

(shĕr`ĭfmyo͝or'), battlefield in Stirling, central Scotland, near Dunblane. It was the scene, Nov. 13, 1715, of an indecisive battle between the JacobitesJacobites
, adherents of the exiled branch of the house of Stuart who sought to restore James II and his descendants to the English and Scottish thrones after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. They take their name from the Latin form (Jacobus) of the name James.
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 under John Erskine, 6th earl of Mar, and George I's forces under John Campbell, 2d duke of Argyll.